War of the Worlds

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Foolish it is to believe ours is the only planet in the universe that is home to intelligent life. I have always believed that we are not alone. But what hope do we have against any potential hostilities from another planet if we are still killing each other here at home? Regardless of our external differences or beliefs, underneath our skin we are all the same.

Last evening I saw Steven Spielberg's latest movie, War of the Worlds. It is an adaptation of the classic novel by H.G. Wells written in 1898. Although I never read the book, I have read about it and therefore had a general idea of the story. The movie is very good. I especially enjoyed the scenes showing enormous alien crafts walking about the cities and towns destroying everything in their path. It all seemed very ominous and real, though there were many details that required a willing suspension of disbelief.

Today I came across this Flash game on the movie's website, and it looks to be well-produced with a unique cooperative multiplayer component. The object of the War of the Worlds Survival Game is to gather food, water and medical supplies while looking for other survivors (non-playing characters) to rescue and lead them to safety. Collaborate with other players to save even more surviors to earn more points and raise your standing.

The site allows you to register and create your own account, or to simply play as a guest. You can either join a game that another player has started, or you can create your own. You can play by yourself by starting your created game right away, or wait for others to join.

Once playing, use the arrow keys to move your avatar around the top-down oriented map. You will have to navigate around obstacles to find supplies and to rescue survivors. Avoid the bright ground explosions and the direction from which they appear, or you will be vaporized.

While most games seem to pit players against each other for survival, this game is a refreshing and welcome change to that formula. I believe we need more games that emphasize cooperation, coexistence and compassion rather than competition, crime and cut-throat survival of the fittest. But I'm probably in the minority with that idea. Click.

I totally agree, jay. There should be more "help save people from the bad guys" games and less "go out and brutally murder the bad guys and everyone in your path" games. Really, one of the gaming industries main markets is, of course, kids. What message do we send?!

This game is okay, but the blasts are kinda random at times. I had a game idea like this before, but unfortunately I can't make games. Picutre a 4-player co-op third-person shooter/adventure/survival game. Woot. =D

Yo whats up guys i havnt talked to anyone in forever... been gone, Great game, except i die too much and no one will talk to me so i play alone a lot. Sometimes i feel like no one likes me but im ok, Jay u picked out a great game

The one major problem I have with this game is with the server dropping me all the time. I mean, I am on dial-up, so I can't expect to get perfect connectivity, but I tried for maybe 5 minutes straight and the closest I got to actually playing was a loading screen for the board I selected. I'm going to keep trying, but it's kind of discouraging.

I seem to remember hearing that someone was working on a disaster survival simulation game, which sounded really fun. If there were more games like this today, where players have to work cooperatively, I would probably be a bigger gamer... as of now I'm sort of sick of the shootemups where you are intended to go against the other players.

does anybody know where I can find and play this game? I tried to play it the war of the worlds website but it says that there is a connection error. If anybody knows anything please reply in a comment because somethings wrong with my Email address.

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